Karachi, March 7: Sherof Football Club qualified for Leisure Leagues National Football Championship after it defeated its dangerous nemesis Super Afghan in Quetta’s Leisure Leagues Intra-City summit clash at Spini Football Ground in Quetta.
The Leisure Leagues National Football Championship will be played tentatively in April 2018 with champions of eight cities – namely Karachi, Quetta, Lahore, Islamabad, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Mardan and Qila Saifullah vying for top honors.
Eight teams featured in Leisure Leagues Season I in Quetta, playing two matches against each other. Sherof FC previously conceded defeats on both occasions against Super Afghan in league matches.
But in the all-important final match, Sherof FC came with all guns blazing and recorded a convincing 9-4 victory against Super Afghans – thanks to hat-tricks from Kashif Baloch, Shahrukh and Auranzaib. Sanaullah scored a hat-trick while Amir Khan scored one for the losing side.
In the end of the final Lala Akber Raisani, former captain Pakistan Football Team and Ex Head Coach National Bank of Pakistan presented Winner and Runner Trophies to the respective teams.